What drives the procrastination, we've all been there a people tried our own project to start or any
number of other tasks we put off, little good seems to come from these delays.
For example, procrastination is associated with worse academic performance and greater sickness.
Nevertheless, we often struggle to take care of things in a timely way.
The following factors contribute to our tendency to procrastinate, a fear that it will be unpleasant.
When we think about doing a task, our minds often go automatically to the most and enjoyable parts
of it.
When we consider writing a beeber, we do on the struggle we will have at times to express our ideas.
Clearly, the more we imagine these negative aspects, the less incentive we have to get started.
Fear of not doing a good job.
We rarely know for sure how something we work on will turn out, and that uncertainty can give rise
to fear of doing it badly.
For example, when Alex considered writing his beeper, he worried that he would have nothing intelligent
to say this fear of possibly disappointing ourselves or others can prevent us from getting started permission
giving thoughts.
Sometimes we tell ourselves we deserve a break or convince ourselves we will work better at some point
in the future.
In one way or another, we justify our procrastination.
There are times when these kinds of thoughts make sense.
For example, sometimes taking a break really is the best course of action for us.
But often these self statements drive unhealthy habits of avoidance and negative reinforcement.
Every time we put off a task we think will be unpleasant, we experience a feeling of relief.
The brain interprets that relief as a reward, and we're more likely to repeat an action that led to
rewards.
In this way, our procrastination is reinforcing.
Psychologists call it negative reinforcement because it comes about through taking away something seen
as aversive, in contrast.
But the reinforcement is when getting something relaxed and then a behavior, for example, receiving
a paycheck reinforces the behavior of doing our job.
Then negative reinforcement from avoiding a task can be very difficult to overcome.